AU3891301A - Sulphur dioxide generator - Google Patents

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AU3891301A
AU3891301A AU38913/01A AU3891301A AU3891301A AU 3891301 A AU3891301 A AU 3891301A AU 38913/01 A AU38913/01 A AU 38913/01A AU 3891301 A AU3891301 A AU 3891301A AU 3891301 A AU3891301 A AU 3891301A
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Dennis Charles Clemes
Pieter Johannes Van Der Merwe
Petrus Johannes Van Der Westhuyzen
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/24Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • B65D81/28Applications of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23BPRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS
    • A23B7/00Preservation or chemical ripening of fruit or vegetables
    • A23B7/14Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by groups A23B7/08 or A23B7/10
    • A23B7/144Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by groups A23B7/08 or A23B7/10 in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor
    • A23B7/152Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by groups A23B7/08 or A23B7/10 in the form of gases, e.g. fumigation; Compositions or apparatus therefor in a controlled atmosphere comprising other gases in addition to CO2, N2, O2 or H2O ; Elimination of such other gases
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T428/13Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
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    • Y10T428/13Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
    • Y10T428/1303Paper containing [e.g., paperboard, cardboard, fiberboard, etc.]
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/131Glass, ceramic, or sintered, fused, fired, or calcined metal oxide or metal carbide containing [e.g., porcelain, brick, cement, etc.]
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/13Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
    • Y10T428/1334Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag [e.g., pouch, envelope, packet, etc.]
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    • Y10T428/1352Polymer or resin containing [i.e., natural or synthetic]

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Description

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AUSTRALIA
Patents Act 1990 Grapetek (Proprietary) Limited
ORIGINAL
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Invention Title: Sulphur dioxide generator The following statement is a full description of this invention including the best method of performing it known to us:-
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-2- FIELD OF THE INVENTION THIS INVENTION relates to sulphur dioxide generators.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION Sulphur dioxide generators are placed in cartons containing table grapes, the gaseous sulphur dioxide in the carton preventing the growth on the oooo• grapes of certain forms of fungi. Where the grapes are to be shipped over long distances it is conventional to use two stage generators. These generate sulphur dioxide relatively rapidly when first placed in the carton. The fast rate of release lasts for a few days and thereafter sulphur dioxide is released at a much slower rate loll over a period of several weeks.
Various forms of two stage generator are available commercially. The S, following four types are known to Applicant:- Type 1. This generator is in two parts. The first part consists of a sheet of a material such as Kraft paper which is pervious to water vapour and sulphur dioxide gas. One face of the sheet has thereon a coating comprising a binder which has dispersed therein a substance, or mixture of substances, which generates sulphur dioxide in the presence of water. The second part comprises two sheets of Kraft -3paper secured together along a pattern of intersecting lines. The lines and the sheets bound a plurality of pockets. Each pocket has therein, in powder form, the substance(s) which when exposed to water vapour generates sulphur dioxide. The sheets are pervious to both water vapour and sulphur dioxide gas. One first part and one second part are placed in each carton.
Type 2. This comprises three sheets of material. One sheet is of paper, such as Kraft paper, and the other two are of what is called poly coated paper. The coating is of polyethylene. The paper sheet is one of the outside sheets. The sequence of layers is paper, polycoating, paper, o~opolycoating, paper. All three sheets are secured together along a pattern of intersecting lines by heat sealing them together. This forms a series of pockets on each side of the centre polycoated paper sheet, each pocket being bounded by said lines and by two of the sheets. All 0-o15: the pockets contain sulphur dioxide generating substance(s). The paper sheet is more readily penetrated by water vapour than the poly coated sheets. Hence moisture reaches the pockets between the paper sheet and the polycoating of one poly coated sheet before it reaches the pockets between the two poly coated sheets.
Type 3. This generator also comprises three sheets of material, two of them being poly coated and secured together along lines which bound a -4series of pockets with sulphur dioxide generating substances therein.
To this extent the type 3 generator is similar to type 2. However, the third sheet, which is a paper sheet, is laminated to the face of one of the poly coated sheets by a laminating adhesive which has sulphur dioxide generating substance dispersed in it. Water vapour penetrates the paper sheet and reaches the laminating adhesive, and the generating substance dispersed in the laminating adhesive, before it penetrates the poly coated sheets and reaches the pockets between S* the poly coated sheets.
Type 4. This generator comprises two thin plastic films laminated together using a wax which has sulphur dioxide generating material dispersed •co• therein. The outer face of one of the films carries a coating of sulphur dioxide generating material. The coating is covered by a sheet of nonwoven material. The coating provides first stage generation and the generating material between the films provides second stage generation.
The present invention seeks to provide an improved form of two stage sulphur dioxide generator.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention there is provided a sulphur dioxide generator comprising a first composite sheet comprising a paper substrate with a coating of weldable synthetic plastics material on one face thereof, a second composite sheet comprising a paper substrate with a first coating of a substance which, in the presence of moisture, generates sulphur dioxide and a second coating of a weldable synthetic plastics material thereon, the first coating being between the paper substrate and the second coating, the weldable coatings being secured to one another in such manner as to provide a series of closed pockets between the composite sheets, each pocket having a substance therein which, in the presence of ooooo moisture, generates sulphur dioxide, this substance being in powder form.
10: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a better understanding of the present invention, and to show how oo o the same may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawing in which:- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a two stage sulphur dioxide generator in accordance with the present invention, layers of the generator being broken away to show the construction; and Figure 2 is a diagrammatic section on the line I-11 of Figure 1, Figure 2 being drawn to an exaggerated scale.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The two stage generator 10 illustrated in the drawings comprises a -6composite top sheet 12 and a composite bottom sheet 14. The top sheet consists of a paper sheet 16 which has a polyethylene coating 18 on the under surface thereof.
The composite bottom sheet 14 comprises a paper sheet 22 which has two coatings on the top face thereof, the top coating being designated 24 and being of polyethylene and the coating 26 which is between the sheet 22 and the coating 24 being of a substance which, in the presence of moisture, generates sulphur dioxide. The substance can be sodium metabisulphate, an acidic mixture ooooo comprising sodium sulphite and fumaric acid, an acidic mixture comprising sodium sulphite and potassium bitartrate or a mixture of both these acidic mixtures. Coating .ooe° can be carried out using conventional coating apparatus, the coating 26 being ooooo applied before the coating 24.
•*oo The composite top sheet 12 and the composite bottom sheet 14 are welded to one another along a series of longitudinal and transverse lines 28. This is *i achieved by feeding the composite top sheet 12 and the composite bottom sheet 14 between two heated rollers one of which has a pattern of axially extending bars and circumferentially extending rings.
Before the composite top sheet 12 is fed onto the composite bottom sheet 14 and the sheets are heat sealed together, a small amount of gas generating substance, in powder form, is fed onto the bottom composite sheet. The places where the powder lies are not welded together and thus, once the sheets are joined, -7the powder is in the pockets designated 30 each of which is bounded by four of the lines 28 and by the composite top and bottom sheets 12 and 14.
Water vapour penetrates the sheet 22 and reacts with the coating 26 to provide the fast, initial release. Thereafter the water vapour penetrates the coatings 18 and 24 to reach the powder in the pockets

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1. A sulphur dioxide generator comprising a first composite sheet comprising a paper substrate with a coating of weldable synthetic plastics material on one face thereof, a second composite sheet comprising a paper substrate with a first coating of a substance which, in the presence of moisture, generates sulphur dioxide and a second coating of a weldable synthetic plastics material thereon, the first coating being between the paper substrate and the second coating, the weldable coatings being secured to one another in such manner as to provide a series of closed pockets between the composite sheets, each pocket having a substance therein which, in the presence of moisture, generates sulphur dioxide, this substance being in powder form.
2. A sulphur dioxide generator substantially as hereinbefore described *o with reference to the accompanying drawing. S DATED THIS 27th day of April 2001 GRAPETEK (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED Patent Attorneys for the Applicant:- F B RICE CO
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